Tonic immobility and open field responses in domestic fowl chicks during the first week of life

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-357

  Heiblum, R ^a   Aizenstein, O ^a   Gvaryahu, G ^a   Voet, H ^a   Robinzon, B ^a   Snapir, N ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chicken fearful behaviour; Habituation; Ontogeny; Open field; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032573354     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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